SID: Hello, it’s Sid Roth here with Dr. Sandy Kulkin. Two Jewish people, better than that, three Jewish people. Sandy, myself, and Jesus.
SID: Sandy, just so people understand, before you became a believer in the Messiah, what kind of synagogue did you go to? Were you bar mitzvah?
SANDY: Well, we went to a conservative orthodox synagogue. Most of the holidays were celebrated for two days, not like the reformed do it for one day. Most of the services were done in Hebrew, so I had to learn Hebrew.
SID: What was your opinion of Jesus?
SANDY: Well, I thought Jesus was a nice guy, maybe a great teacher. He surely had a lot of influence in changing the world, but I didn’t believe he was the Messiah. I didn’t believe that he was the son of God.
SID: But God knew how to get to your heart. You know how he did it? He’s dating a pretty Gentile girl, and her family starts telling him, and she starts telling him about Jesus, about Jesus, about Jesus. They wouldn’t stop!
SID: So one day your girlfriend invites you to a Pentecostal church where they speak in tongues! What in the world did you think was going on?
SANDY: Well, we were probably on the verge of breaking up. It was funny, she says to me, “You know what, I don’t think that we’re going to make it.”
You know, I don’t think we’re going to make it.
SANDY: And I said, “Well, you know what, if your God doesn’t change me, you and I are through.” And she’s probably thinking the same thing, “That’s right, we’re through.” I go in, I sit down, and the guy is talking about tongues.
SANDY: Now you got to get this. My father was in the meat business. I knew cows’ tongues, lambs’ tongue, veal tongue, beef tongue. And then he’s asking people, come up and get a tongue. I went, “Whoa.” That did it for me. I got up and I walked out of the service. A fella walked out after me. He came up to me, and he said, “I saw you when you walked out the service.” He said, “Would you mind if I prayed with you?”
SANDY: Of course, I’m thinking, “Well, how long can he pray right?” You can’t pray that long. Well, he prayed and he prayed and he prayed. But in the middle of that prayer, he started to speak to me in Hebrew. And it got my attention right away. He kept saying, [foreign language], which was the name of God. We go, [foreign language]. And so he starts to pray this prayer, part of it from the Amidah, which was prayed on Saturday morning.
SANDY: And so I’m thinking, “What are the chances of another Jew being in a place like this,” right? And so the first question I said to him. I said, “Oh, you’re Jewish?” He goes, “No I’m not.” I said, “You’re not Jewish? So how do you know I’m Jewish.” He said, “I don’t know who you are.” I said, “Well, where’d you learn Hebrew?” He goes, “That was Hebrew?”
SANDY: I knew I just walked into something supernatural. I knew I had walked in to some sort of a dimension that I could not explain.
SID: When you saw that supernatural manifestation of Hebrew from a man that didn’t speak one word of Hebrew, didn’t even know it was Hebrew, that triggered all the things your girlfriend’s family was telling you.
SANDY: Oh, yeah. There was no doubt about it. I asked Jesus, “If you’re real, come on in.” He came right in.
SID: I’ll tell you what. God is so good, when we come back, how would you like to find out how his entire family became believers of Jesus? Be right back.
